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He never pays attention, he always knows the answer, and he can never tell you how he knows. We can't keep thrashing him. He is… — Terry Pratchett
[T]aking the Third into account does not bring us into the position of pragmatic consideration, of comparing different Others; the task is rather to learn… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's… — Nursultan Nazarbayev
This usually happens in the white-collar classes: These people take to worshipping pointlessness. Examples are Twin Peaks, Christo's artwork, and academic liberal politics. But a… — Noah Cicero
I'm not a liberal elite who was educated in the northeast, for example, I'm just a kid from Mississippi. — Shepard Smith
As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. [...] Personally I prefer… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Many of our feelings of satisfaction or dissatisfaction have their roots in how we compare ourselves to others. When we compare ourselves to those who… — David Niven
I have heard and seen many examples of the cruelty that we are able to visit on one another during my time. . . I… — Desmond Tutu
And yes, there definitely are many good desires. For example, without the desire for food we would not stay alive. It is when our desire… — Don Altman
What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: "Never consider yourself a… — Bernie Siegel
What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation. — Erica Jong
A much more radical conclusion . . . that, so far as I know, is shared by only a very few students of public choice… — Gordon Tullock
Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my… — Mahatma Gandhi
Nothing is so contagious as example. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others… — Christian Nestell Bovee
I love smart commercial fiction. Susan Isaacs, for example and the readers who interest me are, in the preponderance, women. I am one of them;… — Beth Richardson Gutcheon
The French, for example, are a contemptible nation. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Our youth must be steadfast and take advantage of the benefits of modern civilization. Do not fall prey to idleness for it shall be a… — Haile Selassie
Children donâ€™t need beating. They need love and encouragement. They need fathers to whom they can look with respect rather than fear. Above all, they… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the… — Walter Lippmann

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